I was hoping to do some look-ups and gather information on the Italian side of my family. Recently had a giant (300+ person) Italian family reunion, that covers the families of: Croce, Manno, LoPiccolo, Ferraro, Ferguson, Ametrano, and Pelazzo.

I am hoping to gather information on ancestors and family members. They gave us a rudimentary "family tree" (basically just a listing of everyone who was there) so there is some places to start (basically a long list of names). Some are deceased and some aren't.

To be honest, I really don't know. All I have to go off of is an old record of a great aunt in her handwriting (which is kind of hard to read) but it honestly looks like Fugento. But if there's no Fugento and only a Ugento then I guess that'd be it.

Contrary to popular belief, not all Italian given names have Christian or classical roots. Many names encountered in older records are almost whimsical, and some cannot be translated into Latin or any other language. In order to avoid possible mistranscription of a given name with which the research...

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